Interwar Years, 1919 - 1938

Canada was ill-prepared to help the injured veterans who returned from the First World War. By the 1920s, Canadians just wanted to forget. But any respite was shortlived, as the nation plunged into the Great Depression. In Europe the rise of fascist and communist dictatorships and the growing aggression of Germany were ominous signs of an impending return to war.